Raja Update 1/13

 

Dear Sandeep,

On Friday, Congressman Raja joined the BBC to further discuss the Supreme Court's hearing on the TikTok divestiture law. He explained that "None of the justices believe that Bytedance (TikTok's parent company) as a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled company has first amendment rights – of course, its users [do] – however, there's no first amendment right to harm our national security... If the CCP continues to control [TikTok], it will have access under [Chinese] national security laws to the data of 170 million people."

Also, Congressman Raja joined NewsMax to discuss why the TikTok divestiture law is necessary. He said "We know that the CCP has repeatedly stolen tens of millions of Americans' personal data… This is a loaded gun and we don't want it to become a smoking gun."

Additionally on Friday, Congressman Raja joined MSNBC to discuss the Supreme Court's hearing on the TikTok law. He said "I think it's going to get upheld. Mainly because a majority of the Justices believe that the rationale... which is to protect the data security of Americans is a valid one. There's active suitors, [Bytedance] needs to pick up the phone and sell it so that TikTok can continue to flourish and survive."

On Thursday, Congressman Raja and his colleagues in the House introduced legislation that would ban Members of Congress and their families from trading stocks. He argued "Stock trading by members of Congress, who have regular access to nonpublic information and the ability to directly influence stock values, fundamentally erodes public trust in government. That's why I am proud to support our bipartisan legislation to ban individual stock ownership and trading by members of Congress to ensure they are focused on their constituents, not their stock portfolios."

On Wednesday, Congressman Raja joined Fox 32 Chicago to discuss New FDA Limits on Lead and Other Toxic Heavy Metals in Baby Food. He explained that he's "worried that these baby food companies and these bigger food conglomerates are preventing action on protecting some of our most vulnerable citizens. Namely, our children and babies."

We will continue to bring you news about Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's work in D.C. and Illinois.

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